Font Server Package (xfsprogs)

Font servers may be needed in legacy environments, so we can't just forget them.

Program

Description

Comments

fslsfonts

generate BDF font from X font server

fstobdf

generate BDF font from X font server

showfont

font dumper for X font server

xfs

X font server

xfsinfo

X font server information utility

!OpenGL Package (xglprogs)

Program

Description

Comments

glxgears

GLX version of the infamous "gears" GL demo

glxinfo

display info about a GLX extension and !OpenGL renderer

LBX Package (xlbxprogs)

LBX should be strongly deprecated in favor of ssh, with a reference to the 2003 Usenix performance paper and the terrible security situation.

Program

Description

Comments

lbxproxy

Low BandWidth X proxy

xfindproxy

locate proxy services

proxymngr

proxy manager service

Redundant Package (xredundant)

Twm, xterm and xdm are commonly replaced by desktop specific components: but there is also a set of low resource systems who use these applications, so claiming they are obsolete is a mistake. But if you were installing either KDE or Gnome, you'd be unlikely to want these applications.

Program

Description

Comments

twm

Tab Window Manager for the X Window System

xdm

X Display Manager with support for XDMCP, host chooser

xterm

terminal emulator for X

Imake Package

Program

Description

Comments

imake

Imake program

Need imake to build existing apps and need it for AC_EXTRAS

What to do about????

I suspect we should put these into a package, but not normally install the programs, maybe with README's explaining why.